has lived in saugatuck his entire life, has ambitions to travel and see the world because of it.

grew up in a single parent household, his father left just shortly after his birth- but he doesn't cry about it and he's not going to throw tables out of anger or anything.

once typed his name into google and discovered he shares a name with some welsh poet/writer and, being the curious person he was, he read some of the guy's work.

basically that was the start of his interest in poetry and writing in general.

dylan enjoys writing in his free time, doesn't really know if he's good or mediocre but he does it none the less, he even has an online blog set up just for personal entries which he writes on anonymously (which no one knows about alright? because god help him if he starts to lose whatever popularity points he has that he's worked so hard to get).

excuse him if a lot of those entries are about a certain girl.

for the majority of his life he was considered to be a nerd, that kid who read a lot more than he should of, and knew a lot more words than his peers did, which in turn gained the praise of teachers...

was that kid in elementary who participated in spelling bees and entered silly competitions that involved poetry and creative writing.

on top of that he was a little pudgy, wore glasses, and didn't know how to stand up for himself. easy target for the bullies.

decided to do a self-transformation at the end of freshman year in high school: he started exercising, dressing differently, acting differently etc etc.

shedding his old image had taken a while, but during sophomore year he was slowly climbing the social ladder. now he's classified as a wannabe. 

started from the bottom, now he's almost there. almost.

takes whatever shit the popular kids throw at him, because wow, he really just wants to be in their league? and he's not going to give up, which is why he pretty much kisses the ground they walk on.

hates the taste of alcohol but drinks the shit and attends parties anyway because that's what's cool.

traded in glasses for contacts.

hides his intelligence and love for writing etc.

but he's not an idiot- he may not put his hand up in class, and yes he probably ends up saying something sarcastic when a teacher calls on him, but he still puts effort into his exams because he wants to go to a good university, shhh.

but why? why would he put up with being the populars' bitch? why all the effort into putting up a facade? because of a girl. it always comes down to a girl, doesn't it?

dylan has had a crush on this girl since the third grade but she's out of his league. (think stiles/lydia in the beginning) and basically he's doing this, hoping that being popular will mean that she will notice him, finally.

loyal, cares about what people think of him, stubborn, determined, ambitious, somewhat gullible and insecure, observant, intelligent, sarcastic.

THINGS I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM

his long time crush. the girl he's liked since third grade, the one who has been out of his league for so long yet someone he would probably do anything for. i was thinking she would be royalty or a pom-pom queen.

his journey from being at the bottom of the fish tank towards the top would not have been all positive. i would love for dylan to have that one best friend who he lost along the way. he could have ditched said person because he/she would have ruined his reputation. thinking a nerd so they used to run in the same clique.

i like to torment my characters and other characters along the way, oops, so i'm thinking, if possible, to have a girl who has been pining for him the same way he pines over his crush? bonus points if that girl was a close friend of his and pretty much smiled through all his talks about how awesome and flawless his crush was? they would most likely be friends but only in secrecy. taken by aly.